The Effects of Family Income and Parents’ Educational Status on Child Health Status: Examining the Mediation Effects of Material Deprivation and Parents’ Health

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110307
Author(s):  
Yichao Wu ◽  
Di Qi
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Chinese Family ◽  
Secondary Importance ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Child Health Outcome ◽  
Child Health Status ◽  
Parents Education

Using the Chinese Family Panel Studies database in the wave of 2012, 2014, and 2016 with a sample of 25,663 children from 0 to 15 years old, this article examines the direct and indirect effects of family income and parents’ educational status on child health outcome. Two mediators include material living conditions and parents’ health. The results show that material living conditions and parents’ health have the greatest influences on children’s health, and parents’ education and family income are the secondary importance. Parents’ education has significant effects on child health through parents’ health and living conditions.

A Profile of the Population Enrolled in New York State's Child Health Plus

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 105 (Supplement_E1) ◽  
pp. 706-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane L. Holl ◽  
Andrew W. Dick ◽  
Laura Pollard Shone ◽  
Lance E. Rodewald ◽  
Jack Zwanziger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Participation Rates ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Child Health Plus

Background. The recently enacted State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), designed to provide affordable health insurance for uninsured children, was modeled in part on New York State's Child Health Plus (CHPlus), which was implemented in 1991. All SCHIP programs involve voluntary enrollment of eligible children. Little is known about characteristics of children who enroll in these programs. Objectives. To provide a profile of children enrolled in CHPlus between 1993 and 1994 in the 6-county upstate New York study area, and to estimate the participation rate in CHPlus. Methods. A parent interview was conducted to obtain information about children, 0 to 6.9 years old, who enrolled in CHPlus in the study area. Two school-based surveys and the Current Population Survey were used to estimate health insurance coverage. Enrollment data from New York State's Department of Health, together with estimates of the uninsured, were used to estimate participation rates in CHPlus. Results. Most children enrolled in CHPlus in the study area were white. Although 17% of all children in the study area who were <13 years old and living in families with incomes below 160% of the federal poverty level were black, only 9% of CHPlus-enrolled children were black. Twenty-one percent of enrolled children were uninsured during the entire year before enrollment and 61% of children had a gap in coverage lasting >1 month. Children were generally healthy; only 4% had fair or poor health. Eighty-eight percent of parents of enrolled children had completed high school or a higher level of education. Parents reported that loss of a job was the main reason for loss of prior health insurance for their child. Most families learned about CHPlus from a friend (30%) or from their doctor (26%). The uninsured rate among children in the study area was approximately 4.1%. By 1993, the participation rate in CHPlus was about 36%. Conclusion. Blacks were underrepresented in CHPlus. Because the underlying uninsured rate was relatively low and parental education and family income were relatively high, the effects of CHPlus observed in this evaluation may be conservative in comparison to the potential effects of CHPlus for other populations of children. Participation rates during the early years of the program were modest.

scholarly journals Determinants of Maternal and Child Health Handbook Utilization in Surabaya, Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 223
Author(s):  
Irwanto Irwanto ◽  
Ilham Ikhtiar ◽  
Indah Lutfiya ◽  
Windhu Purnomo
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Maternal Characteristics ◽  
Developmental Problems ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
Child Health Status ◽  
Spearman Correlation Test ◽  
Education And Employment ◽  
Education And Development ◽  
And Child Health

Mothers and child health (MCH) are one of the main issues in family medicine. Related to this practice, Indonesian government issued mother and child health (MCH) handbook for monitoring child development due to various child developmental problems in Indonesia. However, there are reports of improper MCH handbook utilization. This study aimed to analyze factors related to the utilization of MCH handbook by mothers in Indonesia. Cross sectional observational study was conducted from March to May 2018. This study involved mothers with children aged 3 to 72 months old in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. Specific population of mothers who had children attending Early Childhood Education and Development (ECED) and Integrated Health Post (IHP) (Indonesia: Pos Pelayanan Terpadu-Posyandu) were included as inclusion criteria. Maternal characteristics, child health status, employment status, and utilization of MCH handbook were recorded through questionnaire. Association between variables then analyzed statistically using Spearman correlation test. As many as 288 participants were enrolled in this study. We found that mothers’ participation of Posyandu was positively correlated with MCH handbook utilization (p<0.05). Meanwhile, mother’s occupation (p>0.05), mothers’ education (p>0.05), and maternal age (p>0.05) were found to be unrelated to the utilization of MCH handbook. Mothers’ age, education, and employment were found to be uncorrelated with utilization of MCH handbook. Whereas, mothers’ participation in Posyandu was a determinant factor correlated with utilization of MCH handbook.

scholarly journals Poverty reduction through women employment in farms and rice mills in an area of Dinajpur district

1970 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-140
Author(s):  
MS Rahman ◽  
MR Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Household Assets

The study was undertaken to examine the socio-economic profiles of women participated in farms and rice mills activities; to examine contribution of women to household income which reducing their poverty; to identify the factors influencing the level of family income in farms and rice mills labourers; and to identify the problems and constraints of farms and rice mills. Bochagonj Upazila of Dinajpur district was selected purposively for the study considering the availability of large number of farm and rice mill labourers. Sixty samples of each category have been selected by random sampling procedure and primary data were collected by direct interview through a pre-tested survey schedule. The educational status, land holding and other household assets position were improved due to the women’s contribution to overall family income. Patterns of family expenditure remained same before and after the women involvement in farm and rice mill works but increased over time that indicated some significant changes in the level of poverty of the households. Age of the respondents, family size, land holding, number of earning members and respondents’ income contributed significantly to the variability of income and employment. Major problems were nature of the work and the variation in the salary level between male and female labourers. Finally, women contributed a small amount but a significant proportion of their family income and the socioeconomic status of the women farm and rice mill labourers should be improved through direct participation in income generating activities by reducing the male and female discriminations. Keywords: Poverty; Women employment; Farm; Rice mills; Income DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbau.v9i1.8755 JBAU 2011; 9(1): 131-139

A STUDY OF THE NEED FOR ALTERNATIVE TYPES OF HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN IN HOSPITAL

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 338-347
Author(s):  
Chandrakant P. Shah ◽  
Demetrios Papageorgis ◽  
Geoffrey C. Robinson ◽  
Claire Kinnis ◽  
Sydney Israels
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Parental Choice ◽  
Hospitalized Children ◽  
Occupational Class ◽  
Choice Of Care ◽  
Parents Education ◽  
At Home

In a population of hospitalized children, 45% of the 611 parents whose children qualified for day care stated they would have preferred day care if such an alternative had been available at the time and if the choice of type of care had been left to them. Factors which seemed related to the parents' choice of care were the child's age, the distance from home to hospital, the parents' education, the parents' perception of the degree of safety afforded by hospitalization, and the ability to make the necessary arrangements to care for the child at home following day care. No relationship was found between parental choice of care and such variables as type of day care recommended (medical or surgical), sex of child, number of employed family members, occupational class, and family income.

Influences of parents' education on their children's educational attainments: the role of parent and child perceptions

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacquelynne S Eccles
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Parental Influences ◽  
Comprehensive Model ◽  
Educational Attainments ◽  
Residence Location ◽  
Parents Education

This paper is based on a talk given at the conference of the Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning, September 2004. There is consistent evidence that parents' education predicts children's educational outcomes, alongside other distal family characteristics such as family income, parents' occupations and residence location. A variety of explanations have been offered for these associations. In this paper, we review the most prominent explanations, present a comprehensive model of the influences of parents' education and then summarize some of the research we have done that focuses on the role of parental influences on children's academic achievement.

Parental perception of child health status and quality of life associated with overweight and obesity in early childhood

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-170
Author(s):  
Maira Alejandra Ortiz-Pinto ◽  
Honorato Ortiz-Marrón ◽  
Ana Rodríguez-Rodríguez ◽  
Laura Casado-Sánchez ◽  
José I. Cuadrado-Gamarra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Parental Perception ◽  
Child Health Status

scholarly journals Socio-economic factors and child health status in Ghana

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustapha Immurana ◽  
Arabi Urmi
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Determinants ◽  
Central Regions ◽  
Child Health Status ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Ghana’s under-five mortality rate far exceeds the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.2 Target of 25 deaths per thousand live births by 2030. Therefore to improve upon the situation, it is imperative that the factors which determine the health status of children are investigated. This study therefore used data from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey to investigate the socio-economic determinants of child health status in Ghana by employing the binary probit model. The study revealed that, Ewe, Grusi, Muslim and Christian children, children from urban areas, Greater Accra, Northern, Ashanti, Upper east, Eastern and Central regions, were more probable to contract cough. Also children with uneducated mothers, those whose mothers had uneducated partners as well as those whose mothers had no health insurance were revealed to be more likely to be anaemic. Further, male children and children from non-wealthy households were revealed to be more likely to have suffered diarrhoea, fever and anaemia. Also children with employed mothers and those with mothers with big distance challenges to seek care were found to be more likely to have fever. These findings, point out the essence of socio-economic factors to child health outcomes and hence the need to be given attention in child health survival interventions in Ghana.

Adolescents' physical activity in relation to family income and parents' education

2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 410-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marko T. Kantomaa ◽  
Tuija H. Tammelin ◽  
Simo Näyhä ◽  
Anja M. Taanila
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Parents Education
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